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F-15B ACTIVE with thrust vectoring nozzles in flight | ||
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Photo Number: | EC96-43456-5 | |
Photo Date: | March 1996 | |
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Formats: | 558x480 JPEG Image (106 KBytes) 1191x1024 JPEG Image (764 KBytes) 2000x1720 JPEG Image (973 KBytes) |
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Description: |
NASA Pilot Jim Smolka and McDonnell Douglas Pilot Larry Walker fly the F-15 ACTIVE (Advanced Control Technology for Intergrated Vehicles) program at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California.
The twin-engine F-15 is equipped with new Pratt & Whitney nozzles that can turn up to 20 degrees in any direction, giving the aircraft thrust control in the pitch (up and down) and yaw (left and right) directions. On March 27, 1996, NASA began flight testing a new thrust-vectoring concept on the F-15 research aircraft to improve performance and aircraft control. The new concept should lead to signifigant increases in performance of both civil and military aircraft flying at subsonic and supersonic speeds. NASA pilot Rogers Smith and photographer Carla Thomas fly the F-18 chase to accompany the flight. |
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Keywords: | F-15; F-15B; ACTIVE; Advanced Control Technology for Intergrated Vehicles; pitch; yaw; thrust vectoring; Pratt & Whitney nozzles; Jim Smolka; Larry Walker; Rogers Smith; Carla Thomas |
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